Sure as hell it is in the newspapers today that a large percentage of the "Iraqi" troops at Tel Afar are Kurdsh Pesh Merga (or were). pat lang
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200310.html
RSS- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
I think we’ve picked our side, and it is the Shia/Kurd alliance of convenience.
It will blow up, of course, but I am sure that we hope not until after we declare victory and go home.
I believe this will encourage Turkey to be even more supportive of our efforts in creating an independent Kurdistan.